Species Allocosa chamberlini

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited

Arctosa? Both reproductive organs? - Allocosa chamberlini

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Allocosa

Species chamberlini (Allocosa chamberlini)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Explanation of Names

(Gertsch, 1934)

Size

Male: 3.5-5.9mm

Female: 4.8-6.8mm(1)

Identification

"Carapace dark red brown, veined with black, with several dark lines radiating from vicinity of dorsal groove, with indistinct pale median band and submarginal bands (or series of spots), with few setae. Sternum pale orange, often suffused with grey. Chelicerae red brown. Legs orange, sparsely covered with setae; femora and tibiae each with 2 indistinct, black rings. Abdominal dorsum dull yellow, moderately to densely spotted with black; venter dull yellow, often with several small, black spots."(1)

Off-site representative image of this species here: http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=643082

Range

USA; Montana and Nebraska, south to Arizona and New Mexico.(2)(1)

Habitat

"Specimens have been collected under stones near water."(1)

Works Cited

1.	The wolf spider genus Allocosa in North and Central America (Araneae: Lycosidae) Charles D. Dondale & James H. Redner. 1983. The Canadian Entomologist 115: 933-964.

2.	The Wolf Spiders, Nurseryweb Spiders, and Lynx Spiders of Canada and Alaska Dondale, Charles D. and James H. Redner. 1990. Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Ottawa.

Contributed by tom murray on 21 February, 2010 - 8:55am
Additional contributions by Laura P.
Last updated 7 February, 2020 - 7:21am

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